The management of a SaaS site is used to modify the three main characteristics of the site:

The SaaS services used to define the access permissions to the different sections of the site.

The Pricing used to group one or more services in order to provide them to a client account.

The parameters of the site used to customize the site according to the client.

Managing the SaaS Services

The SaaS Services define the functional blocks of the site. When a client uses a site, the SaaS Services are used to limit the access to some sections of the site or to some features according to the identity of the client.

A SaaS service is defined by its name. To define a new SaaS Service, all you have to do is click the "Add a service" link.

The number of SaaS Services that can be supported by a SaaS site is unlimited.

Some examples of definitions of SaaS Services for a site of classified adverts:

Access to the site/Reading the ads

Writing text ads

Writing ads with images

Moderating the ads

Managing the Pricing

A Pricing is used to group a set of SaaS Services and to associate them with a price in order to make them available to the users of the SaaS site (via a subscription).

Creating a new pricing

To create a new pricing, all you have to do is click the "Add a pricing" link. A new Pricing (whose name is "New" by default) is added into the list of Pricing for the site.

Editing the properties of a pricing

To edit the parameters of a Pricing, all you have to do is click its name. A dialog box allows you to enter:

The name of the pricing,

Its cost (the currency used by the SaaS sites can be defined in the "Dashboard" page).

The periodicity of the price: per month, per week, per year or unlimited (if the cost must be paid at once).

The invoicing mode: per user or by fixed-price contract (regardless of the number of users).

Associating a pricing with services

To use a pricing, it must be associated with one or more services. In the pricing table, check the rows corresponding to the services that must be linked to the pricing and click the "Validate" button.

Remark: The SaaS administrator displays the five first pricing associated with a site. However, more pricing can be proposed by programming by using SaaSAdminAddPricing.Remark: The SaaS administrator displays the different pricing associated with a site. If the site includes more than 5 pricing, an arrow is used to access the other pricing. However, more pricing can be proposed by programming with SaaSAdminAddPricing.

Managing the parameters of the site

The parameters of a SaaS site are a set of values defined by the site developer to allow the site to be customized according to the clients.

By default, each site declared in the SaaS Administrator is associated with a parameter named "Client Name", allowing the site display to be customized with the name of the current client.